Barbara Bush Forever Stamps, 2025 Sheet – Cards, Letters and Stamp Collecting

This stamp honors Barbara Bush (1925–2018), wife of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, and mother of the 43rd president, George W. Bush. As the matriarch of one of the most successful political families in U.S. history, Mrs. Bush devoted her time in the public eye to advocate tirelessly for literacy, while her plainspoken style and sharp sense of humor drew bipartisan respect around the country.

The Barbara Bush stamp art is a detail from the official 2005 White House portrait by Chas Fagan. The oil-on-canvas portrait shows Mrs. Bush in a purple top and black jacket, wearing one of her signature multi-strand pearl necklaces.